Photograph
by
Baltimore
&Ohio
Railroad
Company
A RELIC OF ROBBER BARON PRACTICES IN THE FEUDALDAYS
Hundreds of years ago brigand knights installed themselves in castles which commanded the highways
ofcommerce.
From
these
strongholds
they kept a watchful eye upon all traffic, and from each traveler, be he merchant, priest, or soldier,
there
was
exacted
aheavy
toll
for
the
'privilege" of passing in the shadow of these castles. On their misnamed "public highways" a few
ofour
States
arefollowing
theexample
of
the robber barons, exacting a toll from every person passing over their thoroughfares. This toll-gate
isnear
Harpers
Ferry,
West
Virginia.